Smoke what?

There are many in Hamilton who have heard of the "Up In Smoke Cafe" on King St in downtown Hamilton. This was a licensed business that also had a restaurant license. What's the nature of the business? Pot. Marijuana. Weed. Mary-Jane. Wacky-tabbacy. While they didn't sell pot, they sold all sorts of pot paraphernalia and allowed it's patrons to smoke pot whilst enjoying a coffee and a hash brownie.

Now you may be asking yourself: Isn't that illegal? YES IT IS! I know it, you know, the owners of the cafe know it , EVERYONE KNOWS IT. But the city of Hamilton allowed this business to open, allowed it to get a restaurant license that clearly states it is a "cannabis cafe" and allowed it to renew the license. Nevermind the legalities, the arrests made, and everything else. What are they thinking?!? I don't know...Do you?

The police have finally been able to arrest the owner who is currently sitting in the Barton St Jail and the cafe is currently closed. Hopefully for good.

Now I know that there are legitimate medical reasons for smoking a doob, and if you are one of the few who have that prescription, puff away. I also know that there are millions in favour if legalizing this substance (I'm not one of them) and one of they key arguments is that it doesn't do any real harm to the body. Not in the way that cigarettes or alcohol do and they're legal.

Bull. I'm no biochemist but even I know that ANY chemical that enters the body and creates and altered state of mind is not good for you.

Next time you see a rally legalizing pot, take an informal survey. How many regular users make more than 50k a year? Or have completed a post secondary education?

The hippies of yesterday have grown up and the pot they smoked is chemically much different from the pot that is smoked today. That's fact.

If that cafe is allowed to reopen then what's stopping someone from opening a liquor/beer store that caters only to minors? Oh that's right, that already exists, only they call it a cab company.